The border of Kenya and Tanzania holds a plethora of safari options. The most interesting to us? The Ngorongoro Crater for the scenery, and the Maasai Mara for the infamous Great Migration.

The Ngorongoro crater is deservedly a UNESCO heritage site and a natural wonder. If the crater itself wasn’t enough of a draw, inside the crater is home to tons of game animals including the Big Five. We saw lions, elephants, giraffes and even the rare and endangered rhinos!

Stretch!!!!

The biggest show for us, however, was the supreme safari of the world: The Great Migration. The Migration is one of the most impressive natural phenomenons in the world—about 1.7 million wildebeest, 260,000 zebra, and 470,000 gazelle follow water up to the concentrated land in Maasai Mara, Kenya. The precarious journey is a highlight for both the predators and spectators alike!

Wildebeests migrate in a straight line and you can see it stretch across the entire horizon!

When you pick your destination for the Migration, it all depends on timing and where the herds will be. That made the Maasai Mara the place for us. We found the fabulous game lodge Aruba Mara to make the experience complete.

Wow. With all of the wildebeests and other prey, the predators come out in droves. We saw a cheetah and her babies eating a kill—twice! We saw multiple lion prides, a family of leopards, giraffes, elephants, massive crocodiles, and tons of others!

It was the perfect finale to our safari experience and certainly the highlight. A huge thanks to Gerdi and her Aruba Mara team for making our Great Migration experience everything we hoped.

With all of the good given to us, it’s time to give back. Next up: Volunteering with New Hope in Kenya. In the meantime, Click Here to read What We Learned in the Maasai Mara.